diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
index 4b284961f3..2dbf180cf3 100644
--- a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/IntegrationTestSuite.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public static Test suite()
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4768NearestMatchConflictResolutionTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4765LocalPomProjectBuilderTest.class );
+ suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4755FetchRemoteMetadataForVersionRangeTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4750ResolvedMavenProjectDependencyArtifactsTest.class );
suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4747JavaAgentUsedByPluginTest.class );
// suite.addTestSuite( MavenITmng4745PluginVersionUpdateTest.class );
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4755FetchRemoteMetadataForVersionRangeTest.java b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4755FetchRemoteMetadataForVersionRangeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a23a5df9e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/it/MavenITmng4755FetchRemoteMetadataForVersionRangeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package org.apache.maven.it;
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.maven.it.Verifier;
+import org.apache.maven.it.util.ResourceExtractor;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * This is a test set for MNG-4755.
+ *
+ * @author Benjamin Bentmann
+ */
+public class MavenITmng4755FetchRemoteMetadataForVersionRangeTest
+ extends AbstractMavenIntegrationTestCase
+{
+
+ public MavenITmng4755FetchRemoteMetadataForVersionRangeTest()
+ {
+ super( "[2.0.3,3.0-alpha-1),[3.0-beta-3,)" );
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Verify that locally installed artifacts don't suppress fetching of g:a-level remote metadata which is required
+ * to locate alternative version (as required by version ranges).
+ */
+ public void testit()
+ throws Exception
+ {
+ File testDir = ResourceExtractor.simpleExtractResources( getClass(), "/mng-4755" );
+
+ // setup: install a local version
+ Verifier verifier = newVerifier( new File( testDir, "dependency" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+ verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+ verifier.deleteArtifacts( "org.apache.maven.its.mng4755" );
+ verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+ verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
+ verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+ verifier.resetStreams();
+
+ // test: resolve remote version
+ verifier = newVerifier( new File( testDir, "test" ).getAbsolutePath() );
+ verifier.setAutoclean( false );
+ verifier.deleteDirectory( "target" );
+ verifier.getCliOptions().add( "-s" );
+ verifier.getCliOptions().add( "settings.xml" );
+ verifier.filterFile( "settings-template.xml", "settings.xml", "UTF-8", verifier.newDefaultFilterProperties() );
+ verifier.executeGoal( "validate" );
+ verifier.verifyErrorFreeLog();
+ verifier.resetStreams();
+
+ List cp = verifier.loadLines( "target/classpath.txt", "UTF-8" );
+ assertTrue( cp.toString(), cp.contains( "dep-1.jar" ) );
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/dependency/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/dependency/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f11990bca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/dependency/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.mng4755
+ dep
+ 2
+ jar
+
+ Maven Integration Test :: MNG-4755
+
+ Verify that locally installed artifacts don't suppress fetching of g:a-level remote metadata which is required
+ to locate alternative version (as required by version ranges).
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.plugins
+ maven-it-plugin-artifact
+ 2.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+ pom.xml
+
+
+
+ test
+ validate
+
+ set
+ attach-pom
+ install
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ maven-core-it
+ file:///${basedir}/repo
+
+
+
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/test/pom.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/test/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a23e630d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/test/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.mng4755
+ test
+ 0.1-SNAPSHOT
+ jar
+
+ Maven Integration Test :: MNG-4755
+
+ Verify that locally installed artifacts don't suppress fetching of g:a-level remote metadata which is required
+ to locate alternative version (as required by version ranges).
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.mng4755
+ dep
+ [1,2)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.plugins
+ maven-it-plugin-dependency-resolution
+ 2.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+ target/classpath.txt
+ 1
+
+
+
+ test
+ validate
+
+ compile
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/test/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng4755/dep/1/dep-1.jar b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/test/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng4755/dep/1/dep-1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efe378fade
Binary files /dev/null and b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/test/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng4755/dep/1/dep-1.jar differ
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/test/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng4755/dep/1/dep-1.pom b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/test/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng4755/dep/1/dep-1.pom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efe378fade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/test/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng4755/dep/1/dep-1.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.mng4755
+ dep
+ 1
+ jar
+
+ Maven Integration Test :: MNG-4755
+
+ Verify that locally installed artifacts don't suppress fetching of g:a-level remote metadata which is required
+ to locate alternative version (as required by version ranges).
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.plugins
+ maven-it-plugin-artifact
+ 2.1-SNAPSHOT
+
+ pom.xml
+
+
+
+ test
+ validate
+
+ set
+ attach-pom
+ install
+ deploy
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ maven-core-it
+ file:///${basedir}/repo
+
+
+
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/test/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng4755/dep/maven-metadata.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/test/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng4755/dep/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b427dfd7d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/test/repo/org/apache/maven/its/mng4755/dep/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.mng4755
+ dep
+ 1
+
+
+ 1
+
+ 20100820110209
+
+
diff --git a/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/test/settings-template.xml b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/test/settings-template.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c985d1a689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/its/core-it-suite/src/test/resources/mng-4755/test/settings-template.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ maven-core-it-repo
+
+
+ maven-core-it
+ @baseurl@/repo
+
+ ignore
+
+
+ false
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ maven-core-it-repo
+
+